Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
इत्येव मुक्त्वा ते जग्मुस्त्रयोऽपि द्विजपुंगवाः । कैलासं ददृशुस्तत्र तमुलूकं स्वनीडगम्
ityeva muktvā te jagmustrayo'pi dvijapuṃgavāḥ | kailāsaṃ dadṛśustatra tamulūkaṃ svanīḍagam
ऐसा कहकर वे तीनों श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण चल पड़े। वहाँ उन्होंने कैलास को देखा और अपने ही घोंसले में बैठे उस उल्लू को भी देखा।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Scene: Three eminent brāhmaṇas behold the snow-bright Kailāsa; nearby, an owl sits in its nest, watchful—an uncanny yet natural presence at the sacred threshold.
FAQs
Approaching sacred space (Kailāsa) is part of dharmic striving; the journey itself becomes a means to fulfill righteous aims.
Kailāsa—Śiva’s famed mountain abode—is explicitly mentioned.
None; it narrates travel and darśana (beholding) of the sacred mountain.